Friday May 24, 2013

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

  • Are you planning to take a trip this summer?
  • yes
  • 56%
  • no
  • 44%
  • Total Votes: 18







top story

Last-minute COOL changes a burn for Canada

Up against the World Trade Organization's Thursday deadline to bring its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law into compliance with trade obligations, the U.S. government has chosen to make matters worse for Canadian producers, Canada warns.

posted: May 24,2013





Agriculture

Dutch arrest company head in horsemeat scandal

Dutch authorities have arrested the head of a meat trading company at the centre of a horsemeat scandal that prompted a massive recall of tainted beef products, the public prosecutor's office said on Thursday.


Lower cash prices drag down U.S. live cattle futures

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sagged on Thursday as lower cash cattle prices weighed, analysts and traders said.


Argentine port strike ends, union says

Argentine port workers ended a four-day-old strike on Thursday, their labour union said, setting the stage for resumption of crucial soy and corn exports from the South American grains powerhouse.


U.S. soybeans rise for sixth straight day on thin supplies

U.S. soybean prices rose for a sixth consecutive session on Thursday and struck an eight-month high as the dwindling cash supply left from the drought-plagued 2012 harvest sparked commercial buying in futures.


Westeel buys Italian grain conveyor maker

Winnipeg grain storage and handling equipment maker Westeel plans to offer customers worldwide a "more comprehensive" product line by buying further into the grain conveyor business.


McMillan: U.S. drought area down, but very dry areas drier

Total U.S. farmland under drought edged lower over the week ending May 21, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's Thursday update.








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